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On this week's Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, Annie Lowrey, and David Plotz discuss the pressing debt-ceiling debate, the politically based shootings in Norway, and the bullying of gay students in Minnesota.

Here are some of the links and references mentioned during this week's show:

Annie's Slate piece on the "weird and chaotic" situation if the government does not raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2.A Bloomberg Businessweekpiece on the slumping stock market.A Washington Post piece on dueling debt deals proposed by John Boehner and Harry Reid.A New York Times piece on how the attacks Norway shift the immigrant debate in Europe.Anne Applebaum's Slatepiece on Anders Breivik's "insane conviction" that his own government was illegitimate.A New York Timespiece on Breivik's 1,500-page manifesto. A Minnesota Public Radio piece on lawsuit against the Anoka-Hennepin School District over a policy that creates a "hostile environment for gay students."A Mother Jonespiece on the "teen suicide epidemic" in Michele Bachmann's district.Emily chatters on the blog Dinner: A Love Story, and two things she found on the site this week: a recipe for "Detox Soup" and the children's book The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip. Annie chatters on a New York Timespiece about parents paying for private jets to take their kids to camp, and Matt Yglesias' blog post on summer-camp cost inflation.David chatters on his new "Dillon Panthers" polo shirt, which he bought from the Friday Night Lights prop sale.

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